Software firm Connecture hiring 25 in Waukesha, 75 more possible

Java developers, analysts, project managers among those sought

Connecture Inc., a growing health insurance software firm, is hiring for 25 jobs in Waukesha and expects to add another 75 this year.

The Atlanta-based company already employs 115 people at its Waukesha office, and demand for its services is increasing as insurers and others react to the sweeping health care reform act approved in March 2010, marketing manager Megan Riddle said Thursday.

Companywide employment has risen by more than half since 2010, with more than 200 now working for Connecture at its three offices - Waukesha, Atlanta and Farmington, Conn., Riddle said.

In Waukesha, she said, the positions the company is looking to fill pay about $85,000 a year on average.

She said Connecture is "pretty sure" it will bring on an additional 75 Waukesha employees this year.

"Our growth has been really sustained," she said.

Riddle said health care reform has driven insurance companies to seek to cut costs by automating with software such as what Connecture offers. The firm's technology also is used in setting up private health insurance exchanges, another growing trend, she said.

Connecture was started in the 1990s, and in 2004 merged with a Waukesha company, Riverwood Solutions.

Connecture will hold an open house for job candidates from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Iron Horse Hotel, 500 W. Florida St. Details are available at www.connecture.com/jobs.

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